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Participants perform during the ‘Glorious Country’ mass games held in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the foundation of North Korea.
Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

Sat 15 Sep 2018 03.22 EDT
Last modified on Sat 15 Sep 2018 17.35 EDT

Space

A high-definition camera outside the International Space Station captured this view of the eye of Hurricane Florence moving across the Atlantic in a west-north-westerly direction with winds of 130 miles an hour. Tweeting from aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst shared: ‘Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It’s chilling, even from space’.

New Bern, US

Gaza

Palestinian protesters run from teargas fired by Israeli troops during a protest at the border with Israel. A teenager was killed and dozens of other Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire at the border protest, Gaza officials said.

Beirut, Lebanon

Al-Muntar, Syria

Smoke billows following Syrian government forces’ bombardment around the village of al-Muntar on the southern edges of the rebel-held Idlib province. The latest Russian airstrikes on Syria’s last major rebel bastion were the ‘most violent’ in the month since Damascus and its ally Moscow started threatening it, a monitor said.